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During his later years, Lavater's influence waned, and he incurred considerable ridicule due to his vanity. His conduct during the French occupation of Switzerland brought about his death. On the taking of ZĂŒrich by the French in 1799, Lavater, while trying to appease the aggressors, was shot by an
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through this work in physiognomy. According to him, the character of a person could be elucidated through examining their “lines of countenance”. The most accurate of readings were facilitated by the tracing of a profile outline portrait. This contour line could be filled with black or cut from the
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white paper and placed over a black backing. More often, the silhouette was simply cut from black paper. In the chapter “On Shades”, Lavater wrote, “What can less the image of a living man be than a shade? Yet how full of speech! Little gold, but the purest."
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in all. Blake considered the following aphorism to be an excellent example of an aphorism. "40. Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue."
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The fame of this book, which found admirers in France and England as well as Germany, rested largely upon the handsome style of publication and the accompanying illustrations.
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in churches in his native city. His oratorical fervor and genuine depth of conviction gave him great personal influence; he was extensively consulted as a
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The two principal sources from which Lavater developed his physiognomical studies were the writings of the Italian polymath
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At barely twenty-one years of age, Lavater greatly distinguished himself by denouncing, in conjunction with his friend
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Controlling Time and Shaping the Self: Developments in Autobiographical Writing Since the Sixteenth Century
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the painter, an iniquitous magistrate, who was compelled to make restitution of his ill-gotten gains.
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was intimately acquainted with Lavater, but later had a falling out with him, accusing him of
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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The Faces of physiognomy : interdisciplinary approaches to Johann Caspar Lavater
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Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beforderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe 4. 4
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Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beforderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe 4. 4
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Lavater's Apparatus for Taking Silhouettes. --(From an ancient engraving of 1783)
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Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe
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Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe
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Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe
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J. Arianne Baggerman; Rudolf M. Dekker; Michael James Mascuch (22 June 2011).
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Lavater is most well known for his work in the field of
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Lavater is attributed with catalysing a golden age for
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Geheimes Tagebuch von einem Beobachter seiner selbst
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Pontius Pilatus, oder der Mensch in allen Gestalten
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August Friedrich Oelenhainz
[ˈlɒːvÌ„É’tər]
Swiss
poet
physiognomist
ZĂŒrich
Gymnasium
J. J. Bodmer
J. J. Breitinger
Henry Fuseli
Holy Orders
Zwinglian Church
deacon
pastor
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Moses Mendelssohn

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